This course explores contemporary Native American film by directors from an extensive range of tribal nations, geographies, and genders across time and space.听听We鈥檒l look at early films of the silent era by the first Native director like James Young Deer (Delaware), including听White Fawn鈥檚 Devotion听(1910), consider American Indian filmmaking and presence in TV and film of the 1950s and 1960s, and then move to the mainstream splash听Smoke Signals听(1998) by Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapahoe), which first put Native American directors on the figurative 鈥渕ap.鈥澨鼺rom there we鈥檒l move to a host of independent and experimental films by Indigenous directors on both sides of the U.S./Canadian border, from films like Jeff Barnaby鈥檚 horror creations like听Rhymes with Ghouls听(2013) and Shelley Niro鈥檚 experimental works like听The Incredible 25th听Year of Mitzi Bearclaw听(2019) to speculative film such as Helen Haig-Brown鈥檚听?E?ANX/The Cave听(2009) (Tsilqot鈥檌n) and documentaries by Terry Jones (Seneca) and others, including a guest lecture with Iroquois corn soup by Jones.听听The semester wraps up with a student film project, utilizing skills of editing, montage, and narratology, in order to develop a full appreciation for the work that directors perform.
Provides advanced in-depth study of literatures written by ethnic American authors. Texts may be drawn from a range of African-American, Chicano/a, Latino/a, Asian American, Native American or Indigenous literature traditions. Topics vary each semester.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted:听
搁别辩耻颈蝉颈迟别蝉:听Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Additional Information:Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-U.S. Perspective
Departmental Category: Multicultural and Gender Studies
Taught by Penny Kelsey.